dos aliases?

[sporkme]

oh, duuuh, that wont work will it AHHH.

expected parameters to apply to batch contained commands, haven't used dos for some time, jeez vm.

here's a couple of solutions:

just use the dos commands, or dont use dos.

[Kaitlyn]

Oh, my, how soon we forget our DOS.  MS-DOS 5 introduced DOSKEY which remains available in Win9x.  DOSKEY macros are just like aliases.  Install DOSKEY in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, and you'll probably want to set a macro buffer size.

The command I use is:
lh c:\windows\command\doskey.com /b:2048

If you don't find DOSKEY already in your Win9x, download it from MS.  Some of the DOS commands removed from Win9x are available that way, and I don't remember whether DOSKEY is one of them.

]<atie

[voidmain]

You are correct. DOSKEY will indeed provide alias functionality that you can use to change the "cd" command.  I just tested it and it does allow it:

doskey cd=dir $*

will cause a directory listing of \WINDOWS if you do a:

CD \WINDOWS

You obvioulsy could use this as your devious plant.  It is included with DOS 5+, Win9x, WinNT, and Win2K.

Good catch... I'm trying real hard to forget.  Looks like it is starting to work...